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Religious HistoryMarch 8, 2024
Out in movie theaters this week: The new film Cabrini celebrating the life, of Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, the pioneering nun (now a saint) who became a pillar of compassion and grace for thousands of Italian immigrations in the late 19th century. She was…
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Presenting new episodes of the Bowery Boys podcast and The Gilded Gentleman podcast, both tied to the story of architecture in New York City. After listening…
The Chrysler Building remains one of America's most beautiful skyscrapers and a grand evocation of Jazz Age New York. But this architectural tribute to the automobile…
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This week we're highlighting an especially festive episode of the Gilded Gentleman Podcast -- the Bowery Boys spinoff podcast hosted by Carl Raymond -- an episode…
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Louis Sherry was one of New York's great restauranteurs of the Gilded Age, repackaging the luxury dining experience in New York with supurb attention to detail…
When the Academy of Music opened in 1854, New York City was just about to become the richest, most powerful city in the nation. It was,…
NEW from The Gilded Gentleman podcast -- some overlooked history of the 19th century, the story of black life and social class in New York City.…
The opening of the new Metropolitan Opera at the height of the Gilded Age had perhaps more drama going on in the audience than on the…
The interior of the Electric Circus on St. Mark's Place. Pic courtesy Christian Montone/flickrWARNING The article contains a couple light spoilers about last night's 'Mad Men'…
The residents of the Lower East Side one century ago would probably have never have said to themselves, “What a grand place to plant flowers!” But…
